Local Server Mirroring for Jukebox Download Speed
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital downloading jukebox systems face limitations in providing immediate and high-speed access to a wide range of songs due to reliance on central servers, especially in locations with dial-up connections and network availability issues, which can lead to unsatisfactory user experiences and reduced revenue.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a local content server for each jukebox that mirrors the central server's library, allowing immediate song downloads without requiring a high-speed connection to the central server, and providing expanded storage media to store a significant portion of the most requested songs, ensuring reliable and efficient access to content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a central server is used to store and provide music content, then centralized management and updates are enabled, but immediate access to songs is compromised due to network connection limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the centralized music library into two segments: a complete master library on the central server and a smaller mirrored subset on the local server. This segmentation allows the local server to provide immediate access to frequently requested songs while the central server maintains the complete catalog for updates and less frequently accessed content.
Solution Approach 2:
The local server performs preliminary action by pre-storing a mirror copy of the central server's music library locally. This advance preparation enables immediate song downloads without requiring real-time network connectivity to the central server, thus resolving the contradiction between access reliability and download speed.
2Ease of operation
If a local server with mirrored content is implemented, then immediate song access is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The local server acts as an intermediary between the central server and the jukebox player. It receives and mirrors content from the central server, then provides it locally to the player, simplifying the user experience by enabling immediate access while maintaining a manageable architecture through automated mirroring processes.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of implementing complex distributed storage systems, the patent uses a simplified copying approach where the local server creates a mirror copy of the central server's music library. This copying mechanism is easier to implement and maintain than full distributed storage systems, reducing overall system complexity while improving user accessibility.
3Quantity of substance
If expanded storage media is added to the jukebox player, then song availability is improved, but device size and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by providing different storage capacities to different components based on their specific needs. The local server receives expanded storage capacity to hold the mirrored music library, while the portable jukebox player maintains a smaller storage capacity suitable for its mobile function. This differentiated approach improves overall song availability without unnecessarily increasing the size of the portable device.
Data Source
AI summary
A digital downloading jukebox system including a central server and a plurality of remote jukebox devices each provided with a local server that preferably mirrors the central server and enables selected songs to be immediately downloaded to the jukebox for reproduction. The local server and jukebox may also provide, through control of the central server, song download services to other jukebox devices. The jukebox system may also act as a monitoring/management device for other coin operated equipment present in a location where the jukebox is located, thereby enabling the jukebox device to perform updates on other equipment under control of the central server.